SRCE vs. BUSE, STBA, TCBK, SYBT, VBTX, PFBC, FBNC, PEBO, EFSC, and GABC
Should you be buying 1st Source stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of 1st Source include First Busey (BUSE), S&T Bancorp (STBA), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), Veritex (VBTX), Preferred Bank (PFBC), First Bancorp (FBNC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), and German American Bancorp (GABC). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
1st Source (NASDAQ:SRCE) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
1st Source has a net margin of 23.33% compared to First Busey's net margin of 18.08%. 1st Source's return on equity of 11.99% beat First Busey's return on equity.
First Busey received 116 more outperform votes than 1st Source when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.40% of users gave 1st Source an outperform vote while only 54.63% of users gave First Busey an outperform vote.
74.5% of 1st Source shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.3% of 1st Source shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of First Busey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
1st Source pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 1st Source pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey pays out 48.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
1st Source has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, First Busey had 18 more articles in the media than 1st Source. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for First Busey and 11 mentions for 1st Source. 1st Source's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat First Busey's score of 0.43 indicating that 1st Source is being referred to more favorably in the media.
1st Source currently has a consensus price target of $56.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.41%. First Busey has a consensus price target of $25.75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.76%. Given First Busey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe First Busey is more favorable than 1st Source.
1st Source has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Busey. 1st Source is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
1st Source beats First Busey on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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